Almost exactly 24 hours after the Kentucky freshman began his information-seeking filibuster against CIA nominee John O. Brennan, fellow Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham took to the Senate floor to denounce his demands and say he was doing a disservice to the debate on drones.

I dont think what happened yesterday was helpful to the American people, said Mr. McCain, Republicans presidential nominee in 2008  who topped Mr. Pauls father, former Rep. Ron Paul, in that years primary.

And where even Democrats praised Mr. Paul for using Senate rules properly to launch a filibuster, Mr. McCain said it was an abuse of rules that could hurt the GOP in the long run.

What we saw yesterday is going to give ammunition to those who say the rules of the Senate are being abused, the Arizona Republican said.

Mr. Paul said he was filibustering to get the administration to affirm it wont kill non-combatant Americans in the U.S.  but Mr. Graham and Mr. McCain said that was a ludicrous question.

McCain: “I don’t like the Rand filibuster because it sets a precedent that requires us to actually voice our citicisms of the nominee rather than hiding behind procedural fluff. If I’m perceived as a racists or hypercritical, my constituency may stop voting for me and I’ll be out of a cushy, do-nothing job!”

Whoever runs against lil’ Lyndsey in SC is going to get a donation from me. Possibly the largest I’ve ever made. It is a crime to have such a pantie waste in the great conservative state of South Carolina. Much like Cruz in Texas, we need to get the right kind of conservatives in those seats and not waste them on turncoats.

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posted on 03/07/2013 9:33:43 AM PST
by ilgipper
(Obama supporters are comprised of the uninformed & the ill-informed)

McCain: Near anchor man for his USNA graduating class, proving once again he has the intellectual prowess that keeps him near anchor man in every other aspect of his life as well.

One of the members of his own party gets up and speaks eloquently on civil rights - something all Americans of every political stripe should embrace - and McCain shits on him the very first opportunity he gets because it might affect the way Washington currently does business.

McCain will just never go away. He probably fantasizes using the drones himself on conservative and other Tea Party opponents. McCain and his mini me may sound good, at times, but they are always ready to do as much damage as possible in a showdown with the Rats.

McCain and Graham are political shills. Throw in Boehner and McConnell and a bunch of others. These people have been political connivers for so many years that their character base is corrupted political quicksand.

Rand Paul RIPPED off the SCAB that is the GOP-e and EXPOSED MacPain, Grahmnasty and the like for the INFLAMED, Necrotic, PUSTULES that they are. Time to get some Antiseptic and SCRAPE the Necrotic DEAD tissue OUT and START OVER with a Fresh, CLEAN site. Then the HEALING can/will begin.

Speaking to reporters after he came off the floor Wednesday, Mr. Graham said he defends Mr. Pauls right to ask questions and seek answers, but said the filibuster has actually pushed him to now support Mr. Brennan.

Mr. Graham said he had been inclined to oppose the nomination because hed found Brennan to be qualified for the job but also arrogant, kind of a bit shifty. He said he wasnt going to filibuster him but would have voted against him on final passage, but now hell vote for him.

I am going to vote for Brennan now because its become a referendum on the drone program, he said.

What a pantload. The little turd never had any intention of voting against Brennan. He and McCain were in the Oval Office doing a Lewinsky on the Kenyan.

This just makes me want to puke and swear.

Keep your powder dry folks. These bastards are going to help the fascists load us on to the cattle cars. And that's not paranoia. They are traitors.

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